Local government — Rateable property — Occupier — Exemption — Property of Victorian Railways Commissioners and Geelong Harbour Trust — Used for public purposes — Local Government Act 1915 (No. 2686), ss. 249, 265.

Metropolitan Board of Works — Structure — Obstruction — Swing gates erected over sewer — Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1915 (No. 2696), s. 148.

Criminal law — Sentence — Prisoner found not guilty of larceny of goods from railways, but guilty of receiving — Reference by Judge to frequency of pilfering from railways — Whether Judge entitled in passing sentence to take into account the fact that prisoner's sworn evidence on his own behalf was disbelieved by jury — First offender — Release on recognizance — Discretion — Crimes Act 1915 (No. 2637), s. 532.

Will — Holographic — Interpretation — Survivorship — "Event of decease" — "Remaining survivors" — "Portion" — "Revert" — Accrued shares — Survivorship referred to death of testator — Vesting.

Divorce — Adultery — Connivance — Wife a prostitute — Adultery repeatedly condoned — Husband subsequently leaving wife and going on active service — Whether connivance, wilful neglect, or misconduct conducing to subsequent adultery — Marriage Act 1915 (No. 2691), ss. 128, 131 (2).

War precautions — Moratorium — Vendor and purchaser — Action for recovery of instalments of purchase money and interest — "Matter arising under" the regulations — Appeal from determination of — Exercise of rights under agreement for purchase of land — War Precautions (Moratorium) Regulations, Statutory Rules, No. 253 of 1917, 8 (c), 10 (a), Nos. 140, 202 of 1919 (13) — Moratorium Act (No. 2 of 1919), First Schedule, Regulations 8 (c), 10 (a), 13.

Workers' compensation — Accident arising out of and in coarse of employment — Workman on ship descending dark hatchway — Improper route — Added risk — Workers' Compensation Act 1915 (No. 2750), s. 5.

Evidence — Bankers' books — Practice — Application by judgment creditor to obtain copy of entries in account of garnishee in bank's books — Order for discovery and interrogatories already obtained — Evidence Act 1915 (No. 2647), s. 89.

Practice — Application to remit to County Court — Delay in applying — Time from which delay calculated — Vacation — County Court Act 1915 (No. 2636), s. 51 — Rules of Supreme Court 1916 — Order LXIII., r. 4.

Will — Construction — Public policy — Condition subsequent — Direction that if a particular person should be employed by or hold orders in the Church of England a prior gift to that church should be void — Validity.

Vendor and purchaser — Legal estate — Real property — Title — Executor — Devisee — Vesting of legal estate in devisee — Conveyance to uses — Assent to devise — Administration — Administration and Probate Act 1915 (No. 2611), ss. 9, 10, 11, 12.

Insurance — Fire policy — Proposal — Misrepresentation — Materiality — Pleading — Arbitration, condition precedent to action — Time limit of action — Contract — Repudiation — What amounts to — Election — Rights of parties.

Divorce — Practice — New trial — Undefended suit — No answer filed — Appeal — Further evidence — Jurisdiction of single Judge — Marriage Act 1915 (No. 2691), ss. 160, 161, 173 — Rules of Supreme Court — Order XXXVI., r. 33 — Divorce Rules, Nos. 61 and 161.

Police offences — Indecent pictures — "Picture," whether includes cinematograph display — Venereal diseases, picture or advertisement relating to — "Work of recognized literary merit," whether picture can be — Police Offences Act 1915 (No. 2708), ss. 172, 173 — Venereal Diseases Act 1916 (No. 2858), s. 25 (1), (2) — Venereal Diseases Act 1918 (No. 2994), s. 18 (1), (2) — Consolidating Act — Previous legislation — How far admissible for purposes of construction — Applicability of legislation to new conditions of fact.

Police offences — Gaming — Place used for betting — Bets made in public billiard-room — Amendment of information — Police Offences Act 1915 (No. 2708), s. 98.

Divorce — Practice — Service of petition and citation — Service out of time — Extension of time — Rules of Supreme Court 1916 — Order LXVII., r. 7; Order LXX., r. 1 — Divorce Rules 1916, No. 7.

Local Government — City of Melbourne — By-law — Breach — Recovery of penalties — Whether Crown or City of Melbourne entitled to penalties recovered — Application of Local Government Act 1915 to City of Melbourne — By-laws of City of Melbourne made under sec. 197 of the Local Government Act 1915 — Local Government Act 1915 (No. 2686), ss. 4, 197, 721.

Stamps — Question as to the limits inter se of State and Commonwealth powers — Commonwealth instrumentality — War Service Homes Commissioner — Stamp duty imposed on transfer or conveyance on sale — Sub-purchaser, transfer by direction to — Commonwealth Judiciary Act 1903-1910, ss. 38A, 40A — Stamps Act 1915 (No. 2728), ss. 17, 22, 33, 62, 68, Third Schedule, Part VI. — Stamps — Stamps Act 1918 (No. 2982), s. 3.

Administration and probate — Duty — Transfer of land by aged father to sons — Land subject to mortgage — Contract purporting to be sale — Agreement by sons to pay mortgage, sum of money, and annuity to transferor — Undervalue — Onus of proof — "Purporting to operate as an immediate gift inter vivos" — Administration and Probate Act 1915 (No. 2611), s. 143.

Will — Trust for sale — Shares in company — Power to postpone sale — Reconstruction of company — Issue of new shares to shareholders in old company — New company practically identical with old company — Whether trustees authorized to retain new shares.

Auctioneer — Person pretending to be an auctioneer — Offence to "cause to be placed any placard board matter or thing in the public view" — Construction — Inserting advertisement in public newspaper, whether included in above words — Ejusdem generis — Auction Sales Act 1915 (No. 2615), s. 31.

Justices — Court of Petty Sessions — Landlord and tenant — Jurisdiction — Application to recover possession of premises — Dispute as to nature of tenancy — Bon fide question of title — "Any complaint under this (Justices) Act" — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), ss. 67, 81 — Landlord and Tenant Act 1915 (No. 2677), ss. 92, 93.

Landlord and tenant — Ejectment — Notice of intention to apply to justices — Notice by agent — Form of notice — Non-compliance with statute — Sufficiency of notice — Landlord and Tenant Act 1915 (No. 2677), s. 92 — Schedule 7.

Divorce — Practice — Allegation of adultery — Joinder of co-respondent — Claim for damages — Agreement before trial as to payment of damages — Striking out claim for damages — Amendment of petition — Marriage Act 1915 (No. 2691), s. 148.

Practice — Action for breach of promise of marriage — Application to remit to County Court — Delay — County Court Act 1915 (No. 2636), s. 51 — Rules of Supreme Court 1916 — Order XVIII.A, r. 4 — Order XXXVI., r. 11A.

Criminal law — Execution of warrant — Service and execution of process — Information issued in Tasmania — Arrest upon warrant — Application that defendant be returned to Tasmania — Information laid by officer of police — Whether application for return was bon fide in the interests of justice — Whether unjust or oppressive to return defendant to Tasmania — Federal Service and Execution of Process Act 1901-1912 (No. 11 of 1901, No. 18 of 1912), s. 18.

Income Tax (Federal) — Deduction — Gift to Swinburne Technical College — Whether a gift to "public charitable institution" — Income Tax Assessment Act 1915-1918 (No. 34 of 1915, No. 18 of 1918), s. 18 (1) (h) (iii.)

Insolvency — Constitutional law — Legislative powers of Commonwealth Parliament — Defence — Deed of Assignment — Debt due to Australian Soldiers Repatriation Fund — Money in part privately contributed — Priority of debts — The Constitution (63 & 64 Vict., c. 12), s. 51 (vi.), (xvii.) — Commonwealth Australian Soldiers Repatriation Act 1917-1918 (No. 37 of 1917), s. 19 — Australian Soldiers Repatriation Act 1918 (No. 15 of 1918), s. 14 — Judiciary Act 1903-1910, ss. 38A, 40A.

Divorce — Insolvency — Damages — Contempt of Court — Attachment for non-payment of damages in divorce — Sequestration prior to decree — Power to discharge prisoner attached by Supreme Court — "Action" — Whether includes petition for divorce — Insolvency Act 1915 (No. 2671), ss. 173, 174, 186, 187.

Will — Interpretation — Dictionary principle — Stepdaughter described as "daughter" — Gift to "grandchildren" — Children of stepdaughter included in class.

Justices — Indictable, offence — Refusal to commit for trial — Order to review — Whether applicable — "Person aggrieved." — "Order," meaning of — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), s. 150 (1) (4).

Justices — Practice — Interpleader — Notice of claim defective — No grounds of claim — Application to amend — Discretion of justices — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), s. 114 (1).

County Court — Jurisdiction — Defendant "of parts unknown" — Judgment — Sale — Transfer — Registrar of Titles — Refusal to register — County Court Act 1915 (No. 2636), s. 148 — Transfer of Land Act 1915 (No. 2740), s. 248 — Local Government Act 1915 (No. 2683), ss. 341, 342.

Fertilizer — Requirements of Fertilizers Act 1915 — Chemical analysis — Whether fertilizer complied with standard specified in Act — Sale — Fertilizers Act 1915 (No. 2652), s. 16.

Administration and Probate — Soldier's will — Will lost or destroyed — Evidence of making will — Declaration by testator as to making and contents.

Railways — Passenger — Refusal to produce ticket — Intending passenger entering railway station — Railways Act 1915 (No. 2715), s. 31.

Justices — Jurisdiction — Detention of goods — Notice of claim for goods — Goods not in possession of defendant at time of notice of claim — Power of Court of Petty Sessions to make an order — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), s. 64 (3).

Criminal Law — Appeal — Notice of application for leave to appeal, form of — Application for legal aid to be assigned — Power of Court to assign legal aid — To whom application should be made — Crimes Act 1915 (No. 2637), ss. 601, 604 (2) — Criminal Appeal Rules 1915, Schedule, Form VII.

Thistles — Destruction — Notice to destroy — Authority to enter and destroy — What is valid authority — Time of entry — Work done partly before expiration of seven days — Thistle Act 1915 (No. 2736), ss. 4 (1) and 7.

Justices — Commitment — Recognizance of surety on bail bond forfeited — Warrant of distress issued thereon returned unsatisfied — Warrant of commitment for want of distress — Whether bondsman entitled to be heard before warrant issues — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), ss. 110, 115, 116.

Licensing — Bar, what is — Sale of intoxicating; liquor in room used for sale of non-intoxicating liquor — Licensing Act 1915 (No. 2683), s. 214 — Practice — Order to review — Right to begin.

Vendor and purchaser — Sale of land — Contract — Time of essence — Failure to pay on appointed day — Specific performance — When equity will refuse — Waiver — Deposit — Forfeiture.

Barrister and solicitor — Articles of clerkship, condition of entering into — "Passed at a public examination in Latin," meaning of — Public examination in University of another State, recognized by University of Melbourne, whether sufficient — Rules of the Council of Legal Education 1915, rule 5 (2) — Rules of 10th October 1918.

Contract — Illegality — Member of Parliament acting as land agent — Sale of lands to Lands Purchase and Management Board for settlement of discharged soldiers — Closer Settlement Act 1915 (No. 2629), s. 26 (3) — Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act 1917 (No. 2916).

Criminal law — Prisoner giving no evidence — Comment by Judge on failure to give evidence — What amounts to — Statement that prisoner has called no evidence — Crimes Act 1915 (No. 2637), ss. 432, 448 — Crimes Act 1915 (No. 2) (No. 2789), s. 2.

Factories and shops — Carting goods during prohibited hours — Carting for personal use — "No person shall cart" — Limitation to carting by way of business — Factories and Shops Act 1915 (No. 2650), s. 127.

Local government — Rates, liability for — Land used exclusively for charitable purposes — Home for destitute boys supported by alms — Surplus produce of land and stock above needs of inmates sold and money used towards upkeep of home — Local Government Act 1915 (No. 2686), s. 249 (2) (i.)

Insolvency — Practice — Order nisi for sequestration, service of — Return day — Date already past inserted in error in office copy served on respondent — Enlarging order nisi — Insolvency Act 1915 (No. 2671), ss. 52, 58, 59.

Practice — Discovery — Interrogatories — Further answers — Documents referred to in answer as "documents which purport to be copies" — Objection to answer on ground that interrogatory inquires as to matter of law — Superfluous matter introduced into answer to interrogatories — Power of Judge to strike out on summons — Proper course for party interrogating to pursue — Rules of the Supreme Court 1916 — Order XXXI., r. 11.

Practice — Discovery — Interrogatories — Answer of corporation to interrogatories, by whom to be sworn — Proper officer, who is — Limits of right of corporation to select officer where no person named in order — Form of answer — Rules of the Supreme Court 1916 — Order XXXI., r. 5.

Land tax — Deductions — Joint owners — Original shares, what are — Contingent interest in proceeds of sale — Interest in net profits — Interest greater than interest for life — Land Tax Assessment Act 1910-1916 (No. 22 of 1910, No. 12 of 1911, No. 33 of 1916), s. 38 (7) (8).

Land tax — Will — Devise in trust for testator's children in unequal shares — Postponement of vesting till each child attained the age of forty years or being a daughter married under that age — Power to trustee to allow maintenance to each beneficiary out of his or her share prior to vesting of share — Surplus income to be an accretion to capital — "Joint owners" — Deductions — How many deductions allowable — Federal Land Tax Assessment Act 1910-1916 (No. 22 of 1910, No. 12 of 1911, No. 33 of 1916), s. 38, sub-s. (7).

Voluntary deed — Acknowledgment of debt — Direction to pay after death — Delivery to donee — Whether a valid present gift or testamentary in character.

Insolvency — Practice — Appeal from order absolute pending — Stay of proceedings — Application to Supreme Court to stay proceedings under order absolute for sequestration — Jurisdiction of Supreme Court — Insolvency Act 1915 (No. 2671), ss. 52, 61, 66 (2), 72 — Supreme Court Act 1915 (No. 2733), s. 30 — Rules of the Supreme Court 1916 — Order LVIII., r. 16.

Vermin destruction — Proclamation of day on which destruction of vermin to commence — Power of Governor in Council to make proclamation covering whole of Victoria — "In any part of Victoria" — Ultra vires — Vermin Destruction Act 1915 (No. 2745), ss. 6, 79.

Vendor and purchaser — Sale of dwelling-house — Fixtures — Spring-roller blinds.

Contract — Mistake — Estoppel — Written agreement — Plea of non est factum — Illiterate foreigner — Mistake of one party as to nature of document signed, not induced by any fraud or misrepresentation — Negligence negatived — Conduct of one party inducing other party to conclude he was contracting — Reasonableness of such conclusion — Circumstances to be considered — Landlord and tenant — Date when lease to commence.

Divorce — Practice — Summons by petitioner to dispense with joinder of co-respondent — Right of respondent to be heard on return of summons and to cross-examine petitioner on the affidavit in support thereof — Marriage Act 1915 (No. 2691), s. 126 — Divorce Rules 1916, r. 4.

Landlord and tenant — Lease — Contract for sub-lease — Full unexpired term of lease — Whether reversion in sub-lessor — Equitable relief sought — Suit of assignee — Whether assignor a necessary party — Covenants not to alter or advertise upon premises — Benefit runs with reversion — 32 Henry VIII., c. 34.

Contract — Mistake — Mistake as to effect of clause in written contract — Language of clause ambiguous — Parol evidence — No consensus ad idem — Rescission — Principal and agent — Innocent misrepresentation by agent — Term of contract that principal should not be bound nor affected by any statements or representations of agent — County Court — Appeal — Practice.

Will — Remoteness — Rule against perpetuities — Gift of income — Class gift — Direction to accumulate — Direction to apply accumulations "when there is a sum of 6000l. available" — Wills Act 1915 (No. 2749), s. 36.

Divorce — Desertion — Practice — Evidence — Uncorroborated evidence of petitioner — Personal service on respondent — Respondent not appearing — Difficulty in obtaining corroboration — Power of Court to act on uncorroborated evidence of petitioner.

Practice — County Court, remitting action to — Power to remit action after final judgment given under Order XIV. for part of claim — County Court Act 1915 (No. 2636), s. 50 — Rules of the Supreme Court 1916 — Order XIV.

Company — Reduction of capital — Settling list of creditors — Notice — Unnecessary where no creditors — Period after which "and Reduced" may be discontinued as part of title — Practice — Companies Act 1915 (No. 2631), ss. 53 to 59.

Police offences — Person accused of having in his actual possession personal property suspected of being stolen — Property parted with by prisoner before suspicion attaches — "Suspected goods" — Costs of Special Case — Police Offences Act 1915 (No. 2708), s. 40 (3) — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), s. 147 (as amended by Act No. 2875).

Police offences — Person found in dwelling-house — Without lawful excuse — Meaning — Police Offences Act 1915 (No. 2708), ss. 18, 72, sub-s. 13.

Justices — Husband and wife — Wife compelled by husband's conduct to leave matrimonial home — Children illegally removed from husband's custody — Leaving without means of support — Ignorance of husband as to wife's and children's whereabouts — Ignorance caused by wife — Order against husband in bailiwick where wife and children residing — Jurisdiction of justices — Marriage Act 1915 (No. 2691), s. 83 — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), s. 86; Justices Act 1918 (No. 2967), s. 5 — Form of order.

Contract — Infant — Breach of promise of marriage — New promise after coming of age — Evidence — Supreme Court Act 1915 (No. 2733), s. 64 — False statement of age by infant — Effect.

Insolvency — Practice — Order nisi — Respondent out of jurisdiction — Notice of objections — No agent appointed — Leave to file — Jurisdiction of Court to grant — Insolvency Act 1915 (No. 2671), ss. 52 and 59.

Divorce — Practice — Petition on ground of insanity — Service — Guardian — Master in Lunacy — Marriage Act 1915 (No. 2691), s. 158 — Divorce (Insanity) Act 1919 (No. 3049), s. 5 — Divorce Rules 1916, r. 23.

Factories and Shops — Employment — Arrears of Wages — Special Board determination — Contract in accordance with determination — Demand in writing unnecessary — Demand with summons — Sufficiency of — Factories and Shops Act 1915 (No. 2650), s. 225.

Administration and probate — Probate — Deceased domiciled in England — Property in Victoria — English will — Not proved in Victoria — Next of kin in Victoria — In possession of assets in — Liability to pay duty — Administration and Probate Act 1915 (No. 2611), s. 125.

Will — Infants — Maintenance — Interest contingent — Occurrence of event before attaining 21 years of age — Trusts Act 1915 (No. 2741), s. 35.

Local government — Rates — Exemption — Land used exclusively for charitable purposes — Deaf and Dumb Society — Home — Cultivation of flowers by inmates — Sale of flowers and refreshments — Hiring of boats — Residence of staff on land — Local Government Act 1903 (No. 1893), s. 249 (2) (h) — Local Government Act 1915 (No. 2686), s. 249 (2) (i.)

Vendor and purchaser — Purchaser taking over mortgage — Adjustment of mortgage interest — Date from which purchaser should pay — Mortgagee producing title for registration — Production fee, by whom to be paid — Money paid "under protest" — Whether recoverable — Practice — Vendor and purchaser — Summons taken out after completion of transaction — Conveyancing Act 1915 (No. 2686), ss. 5 (5), 12 — Transfer of Land Act 1915 (No. 2740), s. 127.

Practice — Writ of summons — Writ not served — Motion to dismiss action — No appearance entered — Appearance gratis.

War Precautions Regulations — Sheepskins — Appraisement — Failure to make available for — Agent, liability of — Undisclosed principal — Under his or its control — Meaning — Commercial Activities Act 1919 (No. 3 of 1919), Third Schedule — War Precautions (Sheepskins) Regulations 1919, regs. 5 (d), 7B, 14.

Insolvency — Compulsory sequestration — Petition and order nisi — Respondent's name, amendment of — Consequential amendments — Respondent carrying on business alone but under firm name — Proceedings under firm name — Power of amendment, limitations on — Insolvency Act 1915 (No. 2671), ss. 35 (2), 41.

Settled land — Future trust for sale — "Whether the power or trust takes place in all events or not" — Trustees of will — Trustees of settlement — Practice — Tenant for life — Not in general appointed by Court trustee of settlement — Settled Estates and Settled Lands Act 1915, ss. 97, 98 (ii.), 124 (ix.)

Foreign judgment — Execution in Victoria — New Zealand, Supreme Court of — Memorial of judgment — Interest, recovery of — Costs and expenses of execution in New Zealand — Supreme Court Act 1915 (No. 2733), ss. 185, 186.

Practice — Interrogatories — Answers to best of deponent's knowledge, information, and belief — Obligation to make due inquiries from employs prior to answer.

Administration and probate — Administration — Administrator out of jurisdiction — Bond — Execution — Attorney under power — Administration and Probate Act 1915 (No. 2611), s. 18.

Police offences — Rogue and vagabond — Known thief — Frequenting with intent to commit a felony — Place adjacent to public highway — Frequenting, evidence of — Definiteness in information and evidence as to place and time — How far necessary — Case stated — Notes of evidence — Practice — Evidence — Wrongful admission or rejection of — Effect — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), s. 147 — Police Offences Act 1915 (No. 2708), s. 72 (9).

Real property — Limitation of actions — Equitable mortgage by deposit of title deeds — Money charged on land, right to recover — Acknowledgment in writing — "In he meantime," meaning of — Acknowledgment given more than 15 years after accrual of right — Remedy against land — Right to recover on simple contract — Remedy of equitable mortgagee by deposit of title deeds — Foreclosure, not sale — Real Property Act 1915 (No. 2719), ss. 18, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50 — Supreme Court Act 1915 (No. 2733), ss. 77, 79, 80, 85 — Conveyancing Act 1915 (No. 2633), s. 43 (2).

Deed — Escrow — Delivery — Handing over to party or beneficiary — Handing over not to operate as delivery till some condition fulfilled — Instrument only consummated on maker's death — Testamentary character — Revocability.

Settled lands — Tenant for life — Dwelling-house — Trust to permit residence rent free for life — Settled Estates and Settled Lands Act 1915 (No. 2725), s. 50 (6).

Husband and wife — Maintenance — Leaving without means of support — Complaint dismissed — Second complaint — Res judicata — Order to review — Practice — Amendment of order nisi — Substitution virtually of new ground — Not permissible — Marriage Act 1915 (No. 2691), s. 83 — Justices Act 1915 (No. 2675), s. 153.

Master and servant — Employer and worker — Negligence of employer — Injury to worker — Infant — Compensation paid under Workers' Compensation Act — Damages for negligence subsequently claimed — Exercise of option by infant — Not for infant's benefit — Dangerous machinery — Guards, provision of — Personal neglect in breach of statutory duty — Appeal from order refusing new trial — Form of order — Workers' Compensation Act 1915 (No. 2750), ss. 5 (2) (b), 12 (3) — Factories and Shops Act 1915 (No. 2650), ss. 59, 61 — Employers and Employs Act 1915 (No. 2646), Part III.

Administration and probate — Probate duty — Gift of property within 12 months before death of donor — Twelve assignments — Principle upon which duty calculated — Assignments to be valued separately — Assignment of foreign property — Sale — Receipt of proceeds in Victoria prior to donor's death — Whether taxable — Administration and Probate Act 1915 (No. 2611), s. 143.

Insurance — Fire policy — Conditions — Failure to make claim within stipulated time — Waiver — Estoppel — Conduct of parties at trial — Effect of acts expressed to be done "without prejudice" — Distinction between waiver and estoppel.

Insolvency — Compulsory sequestration — Act of insolvency — Execution returned "unsatisfied in whole or in part," meaning of — "Unsatisfied in whole," whether sufficient — Return of nulla bona, truth of — Security held by creditor forming no part of debtor's estate — Right of creditor to pursue personal remedy against debtor — Discretion of Court — Motive of petitioning creditor, whether material — Practice — Service of order nisi — Order enlarging order nisi, signature of — Office copies, by whom authenticated — Insolvency Act 1915 (No. 2671), ss. 49, 58, 59, 61 — Rules in Insolvency 1915, rr. 7, 13.

Administration and probate — Maintenance of widow of deceased person — Will — In favour of testator's sister — No provision for widow — Living apart from husband — Husband subject to mental derangement and cared for by sister — Renunciation of matrimonial obligations — Maintenance out of estate — Administration and Probate Act 1915 (No. 2611), ss. 109, 110.

Stamps — Duty — Ante-nuptial verbal agreement — Transfer of land pursuant to — Whether dutiable — Settlement or gift, deed of — "Bon fide adequate pecuniary consideration" — "Instrument made before and in consideration of marriage" — Stamps Act 1915 (No. 2728) — Part IX. (1) of Third Schedule.

Water — Works constructed under statutory authority — Injury to land — Flooding — Right of action taken away — Statutory right to compensation — Acts — Omissions — Statute — Interpretation — "Notwithstanding anything in the Act contained" — Water Act 1915 (No. 2747), ss. 253, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 284, 285 — Water Act 1916 (No. 2852), s. 6.

Will — Gift for special purpose exhausting whole fund — Maintenance and education — Special purpose not carried out — Whether beneficiary entitled to fund.

Thistles — Destruction — Notice to destroy — Authority to enter and destroy — Sufficiency of authority — Thistle Act 1915 (No. 2736), s. 7.

Local Government — Recovery of rates and other moneys — Money due for private street construction — Certificate of municipal clerk as to amount of moneys due — Conclusiveness — Local Government Act 1915 (No. 2686), s. 341 (2).

Practice — Service out of the jurisdiction — "Cause of action" — Contract — Offer and acceptance — Counter offer — Cause of action which arose within the jurisdiction — Locality of contract — Breach within the jurisdiction — Supreme Court Act 1915 (No. 2733), s. 141.

Landlord and tenant — Lease — Tenant's fixtures — Additions, improvements, and fixtures — Covenants to repair and deliver up in good order and condition "as at present" — Right of tenant to remove — Provision to the contrary — Landlord and Tenant Act 1915 (No. 2677), s. 48.

Trusts — Will — Infants — Maintenance — "Sole discretion" of trustees — Power to maintain under will of mother of infants — Conditions — Maintenance provided by subsequent will of father — Refusal by trustee of mother's will to provide maintenance "at present" — Power of Court to interfere — Practice — Plaintiff cross-examined on hearing of originating summons.

Local government — Public health — Shire council — Sanitary duties, by-law imposing — Default by council in complying — Board of Public Health — Order of board limiting time for performance of sanitary duties — Council's non-compliance with order — Mandamus — Whether discretionary or mandatory — Jurisdiction to grant — Health Act 1915 (No. 2665), s. 342 — Health Act 1919 (No. 3041), ss. 5, 316.

Divorce — New trial — Defended case — Power of Judge — Miscarriage of justice — Discovery of fresh evidence which could have been obtained at hearing — Marriage Act 1915 (No. 2691), ss. 127, 167.

Practice — Costs — Appeal from Supreme Court to High Court — Security for costs — Lodged in Supreme Court — Appellant insolvent after judgment in appeal — Appeal pending to High Court against order for sequestration — Applications in Supreme Court — By respondent for payment of costs out of security — By assignee in insolvency for payment of balance of security — Jurisdiction — Costs of application — No power to order — High Court Procedure Act 1903 (No. 7), s. 35 — Appellate Rules of High Court, Part II., sec. 3, r. 12.

Master and servant — Accident — Liability of employer — Plank used as gangway — Defect — Cause of injury to employ — Whether plank a "way" — Findings of fact by jury — County Court — Practice — Judgment non obstante veredicto — Employers and Employees Act 1915 (No. 2646), s. 35, sub-s. (1).

Lunacy — Person suffering from mental disorder incurred on active military service — Discharged from military forces — Voluntary patient in military hospital — On trial leave — Arrest and forcible detention in military hospital — Action for damages for forcible entry, assault, and false imprisonment — Application to stay action as frivolous and vexatious — Lunacy Act 1915 (No. 2687), ss. 12, 250 — Mental Treatment Act 1915 (No. 2600), s. 2, and Regulations.

Licensing — "Appeal" — Rehearing — Licences Reduction Board — Reduction of rent — Appeal to police magistrate by owners — Whether police magistrate has power to further reduce rent in absence of cross-appeal by tenant — Licensing Rents and Fees Adjustment Act 1915 (No. 2776), s. 4 — Licensing Act 1916 (No. 2855), s. 49, Second Schedule — Licensing Act 1919 (No. 3028), s. 13.